Coal-skep.



T. DINGLEY.

COAL SKEP. APPLICATIDN FILED JULY l2 |911.

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Application ledfJuly 12;'191'7. Serial No. 180,182.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS DINGLEY, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Cleveland Road, Parnell, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-Skeps, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention rela-tes to scoops or skeps employed for moving coal and more particularly for loading and unloading coal into and from Steamers and other vessels, and provides improvements whereby a triangular shaped scoop is made with a door at the back the hinge of which is incased and protected against the pressure of the coal, the door being normally closed and secured by a pivoted bar, and the scoop made with a flare so that a plurality can be nested together.

rlhe drawing herewith illustrates the invention and will now be referred to for the purposes of a detailed description z- Figure 1, is a side elevation with part removed,

Fig. 2, is a plan, and

Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the scoop.

The scoop is made of sheet iron or steel and has a fiat bottom l with a turned up lip 2 at its front end. The sides 3 and 4 are approximately triangular in shape as shown in Fig. 1, and are provided with brackets 5 having eyes 6 to which chains 7 are attached for slinging the scoop from a crane or the like.

The back of the scoop comprises a plate 8 uniting the sides 3 and 4 at their upper art.

Below the plate 8, the back of the scoop is closed by a door 9 hinged by pintles 10 to the sides 3 and 4, the lower edge of which closes against the bottom of the scoop.

The door 9 is secured in its closed position by a crossbar 11, pivoted at its middle part upon a pin 12 and adapted to pass into keeper bracket 13. The ends of the bar are adapted to pass behind horns or hooks 14 formed integral with or secured to a stiifening band 15, which passes around the back end of the scoop. The horns or hook 14 are reversed in order that they rnay receive the ends of the bar l1 when turned on its 'pivot 12. The hinged upper edge of the door 9 is inclosed in a housing 16 which protects the said edge or hinge from pressure of the coal in the scoop. The housing is made of iron or steel plate bent to form a semicircular hood, wherein the top edge of the door may turn freely.

The sides 3 and 4 are made with a slight flare as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the upper parts of the sides are a greater distance apart than their lower parts. By flaring in this manner, a plurality of scoops can be nested together.

rhe scoop is filled while the door 9 is held closed by the bar 11 and while the scoop is resting on its bottom 1. The scoop is then lifted by its chains 7, which are so arranged that the top edges of the sides 3 and 4 are horizontal when the scoop is so lifted. The weight of the coal presses upon the door 9, except where shielded by the housing 17 and when the bar 11 is turned on its pivot 12 free from the horns 14, the coal pushes open the door 9 and slips readily down the now sloping bottom 1 and back 8 until the scoop is quite empty.

1What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A metal scoop comprising a body portion U-shape in cross section and connected at its rear upper portion by a transverse bar and open at the front, a reinforcing band extending around the rear edge of the scoop and terminating above the bottom of the transverse bar, the lower edge of the transverse bar being curved inwardly between the sides of the scoop to form a housing, a door the upper end of which is located in the housing, pintles extending from the upper portion of the door and eX- tending through alined openings formed in the rear sides of the scoop and the reinforcing bar, a latch pivoted to the door and extending beyond the sides of the scoop, and catches extending from the reinforcing bar to hold the ends of the latches.

2. A scoop open at its front end and comprising a bottom, angular sides, a transverse bar connecting the angular sides at the rear upper portion, the space formed below the transverse bar serving as a door opening, the lower edge of the transverse bar between the angular sides being curved in-i 1, ating in openings formed in the sides, a

Werdly to form a housing, a dooi` in the dooi1 In testimony whereof I have signed my opening, the upper end of the door being name to this specification in the presence of 10 terminated in the housing, pintles extending t-Wo Witnesses.

from the upper ends of the door` and oper-Y THOMASY D'NGLES latch bar pivoted to the door, catches pro- Witnesses: Y A jeeting from the rear edges of the scoop and D. VA. MCCONNELL, With which the ends of the latch bar engage. ALAN MCNEiL.

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